World Bank Group2016-03-072016-03-072016-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23877Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and labor market regulation. Doing Business 2016 presents the data for the labor market regulation indicators in an annex. The report does not present rankings of economies on labor market regulation indicators or include the topic in the aggregate distance to frontier score or ranking on the ease of doing business. This regional profile presents the Doing Business indicators for economies in Small Island States. It also shows the regional average, the best performance globally for each indicator and data for the following comparator regions: Caribbean States, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East Asia and the Pacific (EAP), Latin America and Southern African Development Community (SADC).. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2015 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January–December 2014).en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOTAX INCENTIVESTARIFFSDEPOSITREGULATORY FRAMEWORKBORROWERLIABILITYEQUIPMENTACCOUNTINGCHECKSWAREHOUSETRANSACTIONS SYSTEMLIQUIDATIONOBLIGATIONS OF CREDITORSMOVABLE ASSETSDEEDCONFLICT OF INTERESTSTOCKWITHHOLDING TAXINFORMATION SYSTEMDEBTORSINTERESTCOLLATERAL LAWSPROPERTY RIGHTSPRIVATE CREDITEXCHANGENOTARYDEBTORCOLLATERAL REGISTRYDISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTSEXPORTERSMORTGAGEFINANCIAL STATEMENTSMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSLOANMINORITY INVESTORSFINANCIAL STATEMENTJUDICIAL PROCESSESTAX RULESBORROWERSTAXPRIVATE PROPERTYINCOME TAXRESERVEBANKRUPTCYCENTRAL BANKSINFORMATION SYSTEMSCREDITORSINTERNATIONAL BANKPENSIONCREDITORLENDERDISPUTE RESOLUTIONCENTRAL BANKLIENSLABOR MARKETMORTGAGESMOVABLE PROPERTYCURRENCYCAPITAL GAINSCREDIT BUREAUSTRUSTEESLIQUIDATIONSDEBTSCONTRACTSSTAMP DUTYLOCAL BUSINESSTRADINGLENDING DECISIONSMONETARY FUNDFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSMARKETSDEBTRETURNCAPITAL REQUIREMENTSSALES AGREEMENTSECURITY INTERESTLENDERSCREDIT INFORMATION BUREAUSCOMPANY LAWLOANSRESERVESPUBLIC SALEPERSONAL LOANSCOMPLIANCE – COSTLEGAL FRAMEWORKFINANCEBROKERTAXESBROKERSACCESS TO INFORMATIONTRANSACTIONSCADASTRENOTARIESBANKRUPTCY LAWSTRANSACTIONNATIONAL SECURITYINVESTORSCOMMERCIAL REGISTRYTAX CREDITSECURITIES REGULATIONSORIGINAL ASSETGOODTAX RATETRANSPARENCYPRIVATE SECTOR CREDITMINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTCREDIT INFORMATION BUREAUCOMPLIANCE COSTSTURNOVERMINORITY INVESTORFUTUREFORECLOSUREPRIVATE CREDIT BUREAURETURNSPERSONAL ASSETSCONFLICTS OF INTERESTMINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTSTAX CONCESSIONSCONTRACTSECURITY AGREEMENTCREDIT SOURCECOMPANY LAWSCREDIT INFORMATIONAMORTIZATIONPROPERTYISSUANCEPRIVATE CREDIT BUREAUSCREDIT REPORTINGTAX RATESSECURITY INTERESTSSHARESMARKETLOCAL CURRENCYSTAMP DUTIESMINORITY SHAREHOLDERSCREDIT BUREAUSECURITIESLEVYDEBENTURECREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEMSHAREHOLDERSINSURANCEINTERESTSBANK LOANGOODSINVESTORINVESTOR PROTECTIONSMOVABLE PROPERTY REGISTRIESSECURITYREGISTRATION SYSTEMSTOCK EXCHANGEINVESTMENTREGULATORY PRACTICECREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEMSSHAREINVESTOR PROTECTIONJUDICIAL ENFORCEMENTIMMOVABLE PROPERTYTAX SYSTEMREGISTRY SYSTEMCOLLATERALTARIFFCAPITAL REQUIREMENTPROCEEDS OF COLLATERALREVENUETRANSACTIONS LAWPROFITWAREHOUSESINVESTMENTSLENDINGCHECKSHAREHOLDERPENSION FUND CONTRIBUTIONPENSION FUNDEXCHANGE RATEBAILIFFSPROFITSLIMITED LIABILITYCREDIT HISTORYGUARANTEELEGAL RIGHTSREGISTRATION PROCESSTAX OBLIGATIONSCORPORATE GOVERNANCECOLLATERAL FOR LOANSReportWorld Bank10.1596/23877